TO GO WITH AFP STORY "UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-ANNIVERSARY" BY JONATHAN BROWN
Ukrainian teacher and administrator Lyudmila Polovko poses near her school, destroyed by a Russian missile, in the town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, on February 18, 2024. For the Ukrainian troops holding Russian forces from cities like Kostyantynivka, the task is becoming harder as their resources and stamina fall lower and lower. Nearly every day since her school in east Ukraine was reduced to rubble by two Russian missiles last month, Lyudmila Polovko has walked its grounds to dream of a time when children could return. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)